History

1967: The General Steam Navigation and the French Société Anonyme de Gérance et d’Armement (SAGA) decided to open a regular link between Le Havre and Southampton, joining their forces on an equal basis into a new company “Normandy Ferries”. The two identical ships were ordered from Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes each of the two companies owning one vessel. The two ships only differ by their accommodation and their furnishing.

November 3rd 1967: Launched as the ‘Leopard’ and then towed for fitting out at Dubigeon-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France.

“Lost her port screw in a gale. P&O submersible support ship SUBSEA 2 bought a mini-submarine down from Aberdeen to locate and recovered the screw 24km (15 miles) from Le Havre, after which a P&O truck took it to Middlesbrough and the P&O ferry ELK took it to Göthenburg en route to its manufacturers in Sweden for overhaul and repair”. (P&O Heritage)

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